Dick Morris: Bias-mongers on rocks as viewers taste straight news

The Hill ^ | August 13, 2003 | Dick Morris

[Cobra64]

In the name of all that is holy, buy a thesaurus and choose a different word than "whacking" when dealing with the Sinkmeister.

LOL. Sorry 'bout that. Ya got a good point.

[nutmeg]

FoxFan ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my FoxFan list. *Warning: This can be a high-volume ping list at times.

[MizSterious]

"I also credit FreeRepublic and the internet with the downfall of mainstream media."

Bingo! Once you start paying attention to what's posted here on FR, you come to the solid realization that none of the news media even approaches telling the whole story. I do include Fox in this--while they are better than the others, they sometimes suffer from the same malady as the others.

Fox needs to watch its step, lest they, too, fall into the trap CNN and the regular networks are trying to escape. If they think their viewers will remain loyal even if liberal bias is allowed to take over, they'd better think again. People are discovering the internet, and television news could become the dinosaur of our age.

*Thought I'd ping Jim Robinson, for well-deserved kudos.

[BlessedByLiberty]

As long as FOX does not join up with the pack mentality so freely demonstrated by the mainstream-weakkneed cable cartel they will do well.

However, the minute they stray from their fair and balanced standard - what at one time we called "objective" journalism - they will also slide into the untrustworthy refuse bin where we find CNN, NY TImes, SF Chronicle may be found.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

WALTER CRONKITE ... who publically called for all our Southern States to secede from our Union, in violation of our U.S. Constitution. Damn! Is Walter that old? I knew he was old but ... Did he ever interview Lincoln, Grant, Lee, et al.?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

Year 2000 = London World Conferance

Anti-U.S. Internationalist, Friend of HILLARY ..WALTER CRONKITE.. calls for our 11 Southern States to secede from our Union, in violation of our U.S. Constitution

Year 2000 = New York Press Conferance

Anti-U.S. Internationalist, Senator Elect HILLARY calls for the ELIMINATION of our Electoral College, promising to make it her 1st Bill she will introduce when she gets to the U.S. Senate.

The Enemy is now Within...
and always has been.

[GOPJ]

BINGO:

The reason people aren't watching network news and are canceling their subscriptions to establishment press organs is that they are fed up with the manipulation and deliberate juggling of the news they see and read each day. An increasingly educated electorate can spot bias with greater acumen and astuteness than ever before.

[ladyinred]

LOL! It is like the unemployment rate is down because people gave up and quit looking for jobs!!!!

[ggekko]

"I've worked in two network news divisions..."

Since you have worked in the belly of the beast perhaps you could connfirm another perception I have developed about East Coast media people from having lived in Manhattan for 10 years.

Once at a cocktail party I had the misfortune to talk to several people who worked at CBS news about the subject of nuclear power. Their technical ignorance on the topic was breathtaking. This level of ignorance seems to extend to the field of economics as well as technology.

Did these people go into journalism because they can't add?

[woofie]

Dick Morris is right more often than not...he sure is here

[foreverfree]

bump

[Rockpile]

At ABC for low these many years Peter Jennings has been telling us all about big election news around the nation.

How often do you think he has voted in those elections?

[Timesink]

Please add me to the ping list. Thanks!

Which one? Media Schadenfreude or Media Shenanigans? Oh both? (They often overlap, but not always.)

[Jen]

Oh heck, why not both. Thanks!

[Timesink]

Oh heck, why not both. Thanks!

Done! Welcome!

[GOPJ]

bump

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...HILLARY Media Partner PETER JENNINGS just became an American Citizen after all these years...

...so's he'd have "Greater" credibility with American Voters during HILLARY's run for the Presidency in 2004.

...TOM BROKAW won't be retiring until after the 2004 Election for the very same reason.

...DAN RATHER is still friends with Friend of HILLARY ..Communist Teorrorist FIDEL CASTRO.

...WALTER CRONKITE, Friend of Communsit Terrorist HO CHI MINH during the Vietnam War, is now 2004 Presidential Candidate HILLARY's No. 1 Media Defensive Linebacker.

...HILLARY RODHAM, Friend of Communist Terrorist HO CHI MINH during the Vietnam War, has our Oval Office in her sights no matter WHO's in her way right now.

The Enemy is now Within...
and always has been...
only now it's our own Freedom...
that's at stake...
BIG TIME.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[lawgirl]

The Times' circulation has fallen 5 percent and 1.1 million fewer households are watching network television news compared to last year at this time!

This sounds like like a good start.